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Catch of the Day: Back to the MS-DOS Era! 📟💾

Hey Retro Fans!

Today, we are shining our spotlight on a single, yet incredibly spectacular entry in our server logs. Someone actually visited the Frog pond using MS-DOS!

The text browser Links (Version 2.28) running on a genuine MS-DOS system popped up in our stats today.
For those who grew up in the Windows era: There is no "Plug & Play" internet under DOS. To get a system like this online, you have to manually load packet drivers for your vintage network card into the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, and configure a standalone TCP/IP stack (like mTCP). Only then can the DOS port of the Links browser unleash its text-mode magic.

Knowing that FrogFind is being used on such purist systems as a lightning-fast bridge to the modern web is the greatest honor we could ask for.

C:> Frog pond launched. Stay retro!

Your FrogFind Team 🐸